After several seasons spent on various noble fields of A1 and A2 (Monza, Mondovì, Bergamo) and international (ACH Ljubljana) he is back from a historic treble: championship, Italian Cup and A2 Super Cup with Vibo Valentia. We are talking about Jernej Terpin, from Gorizia from San Floriano del Collio, who has decided to join Tinet Prata for the next two seasons. Born in 1996, 194 centimeters tall, he is a spiker who guarantees balance and a wide variety of attacking shots (this year he was the fifth best player for attacking efficiency in the entire A2).
“I had been waiting for a project of this magnitude in the region for years – Terpin enthuses at the time of signing – as a genuine Friulian I am enthusiastic about marrying this project to grow together with Prata. In recent years, the club has experienced exponential growth at first-team level, but also in the youth and organizational sectors. So tying yourself to the yellow and blue colors was almost natural” A thread that starts from afar “If I exclude this year when I came to the PalaPrata with Vibo, the last time I played there was with Olympia Gorizia ‘friendly. It was B1’s Prata with Calderan and Deltchev on the roster.” As a player who has been attending the upper floors of the category for years, an analysis of an increasingly demanding Serie A2 “It becomes more and more competitive. There probably won’t be a team designated to be favorites like Vibo has been this year. But there will be many teams ready to fight in a championship that promises to be more balanced than ever. Great work and great dedication await us and we will have to put a lot of determination into it. As one of my former coaches that I respect very much said: work always pays off”.
Off the parquet Jernej or even JJ for friends and fans is a university student. “Unfortunately I had the idea of going to study – he laughs – so the economy absorbs a large part of my free time, not allowing me to play the Playstation which is a great passion of mine”
